Baby Food Blues

Mr. W is almost 4 months old!  I have tried to start introducing baby food to him.  It is not going that good! 

I am very frustrated because when my daughter was starting out on baby food, Gerber had rice cereal in baby food jars.  She would eat those, but she would not eat the rice cereal that you have to mix.

Apparently, Mr. W is going to be the same way!  Only problem is that now they do not seem to make those handy dandy jars of cereal!  What the heck?! 

I did find a pouch of Bananas, Apricots and Brown Rice at Target.  The brand is Ella's.  I gave it to Mr. W, but he was pretty mad at the time, so it didn't go all that well.  I put the pouch in the refrigerator, per the instructions and the next day I tried to feed it to him again.  That time around the food was too cold.  According to the directions on the pouch, you just place the pouch in a cup of hot water.  You are not supposed to put it in the microwave.  I guess I just didn't have it in the cup long enough.  I ended up throwing the rest away (it is only good for 48 hours after opening). 

Yesterday, I tried mixing the powdered rice cereal per the instructions and then added banana baby food to it.  That didn't go all that well either.  I ended up with some in my eye!  Mr. W decided to spit it out and it went flying every where!  Eww! 

I guess I am just trying to rush him into eating food.  Don't get me wrong, I don't want him to grow up fast on me, but I do wish I could get him to eat.  I know it just takes time. 

Patience, patience, patience. 

That is something I will have to work on. 

So, Mr. W and I will just have to get used to the baby food thing together!  :)

Sleep?

 

Sleep?  What is that?  I don't think that exists any more! 

It is amazing that parents survive and actually are able to care for their children!  We get by on much less sleep than we used to!  I can remember once when my daughter was with us, that I accidentally put hand soap on my toothbrush instead of toothpase.  That pump was a little to handy!  At least I caught it before I tried to brush my teeth!  I sure did have a clean toothbrush after that!

When we brought Mr. W home from the hospital, we were very lucky that we only had to get up once a night with him.  We would give him his last bottle around 10 or 10:30 and then we'd have have to get back up around 1:30 or 2.  As time has gone by, he has extended that wake up time a little each month.  He is almost 4 months old and as long as that pesky teeth cutting doesn't interfere, we get to sleep in till somewhere in between 5 and 6.  That is awesome at our house! 

The teething does create issues in the wee hours of the morning!  Most mornings we have to get up around 4 with him.  That is not fun!  Especially considering the fact that I was just getting used to sleep again!

Oh well, I know it will return eventually, but until then......I MISS YOU SLEEP!!!!  :)

Turning 33

Today is my birthday! 

I am 33 years old.  I can not believe that!  It seems like just yesterday I was in high school.  My how time flies. 

You know the gravity of my age hits me when I hear songs on the classic radio station that I grew up listening to!  Also, my niece, who was 4 years old when I met her, is now 17!  She will be a Senior in high school next year!  Good grief! 

When I was born.....there were no CD's, no MP3 players, no iPhones, no iPods, no iPads or even laptop computers.  Heck, there weren't too many computers and they are dinosaurs today!  Can you imagine....no iPhones!  What in the world?!  How did people survive?!  That phone is like an attachment to my arm!  It is almost like the end of the world when I don't have it with me!

I really don't feel all that old!  Haha!  I know that 33 is not old.  It just amazes me how times change so quickly! 

I have been through a lot in my 33 years.  I have graduated high school; met my hubby and got married; graduated college; had a beautiful little girl and then 3 years later, buried that sweet child; went through a tough time for quite a while after that....it is still tough dealing with her loss; had my sweet baby boy & pray every single day that he out lives me. 

Life goes on.  It has been fun and not so fun.  I thank God in Heaven for the 33 years I've been on this earth.  I plan to be around for a lot longer and hopefully, the Lord agrees with that plan! 

So....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!  :)

Eek! Mr. W is cutting 6 teeth!

My 3 month old son, Mr. W, is cutting 6 teeth! Yes, you read that right.......6!! It is not a fun time for him! He hasn't run a fever with it yet, but it could still happen. It's really hard to watch him hurt like that and not be able to do much for him. Hopefully, he will get some relief soon! I know the hubby and I were getting used to being able to sleep through the night again & then the teething began! 3 a.m. Is not a happy time to be up!